The past few months have been hard for my family. Just over a month ago we lost my grandmother, and this past Monday my aunt passed away after decades of battling cancer. Hers is a miracle of a story, but not in the way you’d expect. Hers is not a miracle of physical healing, but spiritual healing. When she was a little girl, her favorite movie was The Sound of Music. In one of the famous songs, Maria the governess sings of “whiskers on kittens, bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens,” and all her favorite things that she thinks of when times are bad, “when the dog bites, when the bee stings.” My Aunt Annie lived her life with the ability to “not feel so bad” through enormous trials, and to help others “not feel so bad” through the remembrance of favorite things. Throughout most of her life, her very soul radiated with the persistence of love and fondness for people and the good things they bring, despite a lifelong assault of pain and woe.
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[The blog takes a week off]
I’m worn out from four posts in a row detailing why Christians vote the myriad ways they do. This week I take a week off. I will return next week. In the meantime, get some chores done.
Why So Many Christians Vote Democrat
In these 2 weeks my goal is to break down as simply as possible why many in Christians in general vote for either of the two major parties in elections. Christians who are staunchly Republican may wonder why someone who shares the same beliefs, values, and worldview would dare vote for a Democratic. Christians who are staunchly Democratic may wonder why someone who shares the same beliefs, values, and worldview would dare vote for a Republican. Christians who are neither of these may wonder the same about either.
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“Bed Made to Rest” A Lullaby for My Son
[The following is a lullaby written for my newborn son]
Bed Made to Rest
Beds are made for us to rest in
So the Lord made one for me
Sheep are counted by the shepherd
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New Son!
Hello readers!
I am happy to announce that my wife has given birth to our second son! Both are healthy and doing well. We are all so blessed!
As we take this time to enjoy the newest member of our family, my blog will be postponed until further notice. Enjoy the summer!
Times Teachers Actually Feel Sad About Students Leaving
If you teach seniors, you have the “privilege” of not only saying goodbye to teaching them, but to saying goodbye to them as they leave school for the next stage of life. That brings a unique kind of sadness, and sometimes, joy.
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The Subversive Book of Romans
Today I published a guest post on The Christian Exile on The Subversive Book of Romans.
“My Bad”
I know the the first time I heard the phrase “my bad” I was playing basketball at church camp. I was about eleven or twelve. It was me and this older kid. We were just shooting around. I take a shot, it goes in, and he goes for it after it bounces back toward me. He takes his shot, misses, and then realizes he didn’t give me my change.
English Teachers of My Youth: Mr. Robinson
9th grade: Mr. Robinson
In 9th grade it got real. We were in Pre-IB English, and it wasn’t for sissies any more. This was going to be hard. We suddenly had to dive into literature like never before. We had to do this new thing called analyzing. We had to provide specific proof. Enter Mr. Robinson, the most odd English teacher yet.
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The “5 Step Plan” and the Gospel: Part 4–The Formula (and What’s Missing)
Part 4: Issues with the List as a Formula (and what’s missing)
It’s very important to point out that the “5-step plan of Salvation” does not appear in scripture—not as a list, anyway. The scriptures themselves never group these 5 things together and present them as an ordered list of things to accomplish in order to be saved. This does not make them untrue, but rather tell us that these five steps in this particular order are not something the Holy Spirit seems to have had in mind for us to memorize in order to evangelize, or to recite as a systematic creed that defines us.
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